Was Göbekli Tepe Erected As A Cosmic Observatory Where Sirius Was Worshiped?
Was Göbekli Tepe Erected As A Cosmic Observatory Where Sirius Was Worshiped?
The world’s oldest temple, Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey, may have been built as a massive cosmic observatory, and the builders may have worshiped the dog star, Sirius.
The megalithic enclosures of Gobekli Tepe (Urfa, Turkey) are the most ancient sacred structures of stone known so far, dating back to the 10 millennium BC. The possible presence of astronomical targets for these structures is analyzed, and it turns out that they may have been oriented, or even originally constructed, to celebrate and successively follow the appearance of a new, extremely brilliant star in the southern skies: Sirius.
Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major), is the brightest star in the sky and has been worshiped by numerous ancient civilizations throughout history. The star was so important that the ancient Egyptians for example, based their calendars on this star coinciding with the flooding of the Nile.
It is also from this relationship that we have the so-called dog days. The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer.
They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck.
But numerous ancient civilizations thought this star was of great importance.
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Was Göbekli Tepe Erected As A Cosmic Observatory Where Sirius Was Worshiped?
The world’s oldest temple, Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey, may have been built as a massive cosmic observatory, and the builders may have worshiped the dog star, Sirius.
The megalithic enclosures of Gobekli Tepe (Urfa, Turkey) are the most ancient sacred structures of stone known so far, dating back to the 10 millennium BC. The possible presence of astronomical targets for these structures is analyzed, and it turns out that they may have been oriented, or even originally constructed, to celebrate and successively follow the appearance of a new, extremely brilliant star in the southern skies: Sirius.
Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major), is the brightest star in the sky and has been worshiped by numerous ancient civilizations throughout history. The star was so important that the ancient Egyptians for example, based their calendars on this star coinciding with the flooding of the Nile.
It is also from this relationship that we have the so-called dog days. The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer.
They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck.
But numerous ancient civilizations thought this star was of great importance.
Full story at site